Health establishments, as well as social or medico-social establishments accommodating the elderly or disabled adults, whether public or private, are automatically liable for the theft, loss or deterioration of objects deposited in the hands of employees appointed for this purpose or a public accountant, by persons admitted or accommodated there.
The State is liable under the same conditions for the theft, loss or deterioration of objects deposited by persons admitted or accommodated in army hospitals.
The Institution Nationale des Invalides is liable under the same conditions for items deposited in its departments and the Office National des Combattants et des Victimes de Guerre is liable for items deposited in its retirement homes.
Deposits may only be made of movable items whose nature justifies their possession by the person admitted or accommodated during their stay in the establishment. They may not be deposited by outpatients.